Manual scans commanded through the local SEP client GUI (or navx command line in older versions of SEP for Mac): these scans use settings that are independent of any SEPM policy configuration. See "Unmanaged SEP for Mac" instructions below for manual scans.

User-scheduled scans: Open the SEP for Mac client GUI. Go to Settings, click on "Configure" under "Scheduled Scans" to display the available scans, choose the scheduled scan to edit and click the "Edit..." button, uncheck the option "Scan Compressed" and click OK.

Manual scans commanded through the local SEP client GUI: Open the SEP client GUI. Go to Status, click the "Scan" drop down menu at lower right, choose "Run custom scan", select the object to be scanned. Uncheck the option "Scan Compressed Files" and then click the "Scan" button.